See also: hatif, and hâtif

Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ه ت ف (h t f)
2 terms

Derived from the active participle of the verb هَتَفَ (hatafa, to shout, to call out).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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هَاتِف (hātifm (plural هَوَاتِف (hawātif))

  1. shouting, calling loudly
  2. voice
  3. telephone
  4. loudspeaker
  5. (in the plural) exclamations, shouts, cries, calls

Declension

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Synonyms

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Verb

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هَاتَفَ (hātafa) III (non-past يُهَاتِفُ (yuhātifu), verbal noun هِتَاف (hitāf) or مُهَاتَفَة (muhātafa))

1. To telephone someone

Conjugation

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “هتف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN